Noel Parenti and Meghan Prior
Together Noel and Meghan bring more than 50 years of experience in the performing and movement arts to their practice and teaching of yoga. Their backgrounds in ballet, theater dance, tap dance, modern dance, mime and choreography enable them to integrate their skills uniquely into the yoga experience.

Both are certified yoga instructors: Meghan - Ashtanga Yoga with Larry Schultz in San Francisco; Noel - Ananda Yoga at The Expanding Light. They have also studied the major forms of yoga including Kripalu, Ananda, Integral, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Kundalini and Anusara Yoga. Noel is a practitioner of Thai Yoga and a certified Laughter Yoga facillitator. Meghan is currently pursuing Body-Mind Centering certification. They are members of Yoga Alliance.

Sifu Parichard Holm  

Sifu Parichard Holm has taught Tai Chi Chuan in both Berlin and in Los Angels, and her expertise with renowned teachers and masters extends all over the world. Parichard's great passion is teaching the principles of Tai Chi Chuan and its application in Pushing Hands.  She has won numerous awards for Tai Chi Chuan and was recognized in 2004 as being among the top three World Champions in Fixed Pushing Hands at the prestigious International Chung Hwa Cup in Taipei, Taiwan.  Grandmaster William C.C.Chen is considered one of the world’s leading martial arts technicians and is her principal teacher. Parichard became qualified to teach the 18 movements of Tai Chi Qigong by homeopathic practitioner Peter Weinrich in Braunschweig, Germany and has continued to deepen her knowledge with Master Hong Thay Lee in Berlin and at Yo San University in Los Angeles.  Parichard is looking forward to sharing her knowledge with her newfound community here in the Triad.

Patricia Hudgens

Patricia received her MELT Hand and Foot certification training in New York City in 2009 from the creator of this method, Sue Hitzmann, and completed her MELT Roller Training with Sue in June 2010. Certified to teach individuals and groups, Patricia is registered at www.meltmethod.com as one of only three MELT instructors in North Carolina. She is also a yoga instructor, having taken her teacher training at Satchidananda Yogaville. As an avid hiker and dancer, Patricia wants all of us to enjoy an active, healthy, pain-free lifestyle through MELT and Yoga.